Curtain lining and fly reinforcement for trousers



Sept. 28, 1937.

| FENICHEL ET AL CURTAIN LINING AND FLY REINFORCEMENT FOR TROUSERS Filed March 23, 1.956

INVENT'ORS lows Fame/2e! BY Herman Lz'eb I I I ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1937 FF Q CURTAIN LINING AND FLY REINFORCE- MENT FOR TROUSERS Louis Fenichel, New Haven, Conn., and Herman Lieb, Bronx, N. Y.

Application May 23, 1936, Serial No. 81,368

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a curtain lining and fly reinforcement for trousers.

Heretofore it has been customary to supply 5 small square pieces of reinforcement material to the curtain linings and fly reinforcements at the button foundation areas so as to more securely anchor the buttons. Great difficulty has been experienced in properly placing these reinforcements, and in many instances the stitches of the button stitching machine would miss the reinforcement and the buttons would be attached without the reinforcement pieces.

This invention relates to a construction for 5 reinforcing the button areas of curtain linings, and fly reinforcements of trousers, and other layers of materials to which buttons are attached, characterized by an arrangement whereby it is impossible for the reinforcement to be out of position at the time that the buttons are secured in place.

Still further the invention particularly proposes the pro-vision of a reinforcement or foundation strip associated with the layers and extend- 7 ing in the line of the buttons so that it is always in position and must be tacked down by the.

stitches which secure the buttons in position.

Still further the invention proposes an arrangement whereby the foundation strip is secured down along its edges.

As another object of this invention it is proposed to so arrange the foundation strip that it is made of two sections, one secured down along one edge and the second section removably disposed beneath the first section and composed of separable portions which may subsequently be removed, except the ones which are tacked down by the stitches holding the buttons in position.

Another object of the invention is the construction of an article as mentioned which is simple and durable and which may be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

A further object of the invention relates to a method for producing a white fly with a foundation strip associated with the layers thereof and extending along the line of the buttons to reinforce the areas at which the buttons are attached. 50 For further comprehension of the invention,

and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and. to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:-

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational View of the outer side of the top edge portion of a pair of trousers provided with a curtain lining constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the curtain lining per se.

In Figs. 1-3 inclusive a portion of a pair of trousers is shown which comprises a base section If] and a band section ll. Belt strips l2 are mounted upon the section II according to conventional practice. The upper edge II of the band section H is bent inwards and downwards and secured to the curtain lining. This curtain lining is conventional in most respects except for the provision of a foundation strip l4 associated with the layers of the curtain lining and extending along the line of the buttons to reinforce the area at which the buttons are attached.

The curtain lining comprises a buckram layer of material [5 which is covered by a layer of outer material I6. at their lower edges by lines of stitches l1. At the top edges these layers straddle the downward edge portion H The foundation strip M in this particular case is shown extended along the free face of the buckram layer l5.

A line of stitches l8 secures together the upper edges of the foundation strip l4 and the layers I5 and i5, together with the lower edge of the portion H The lower edge of the foundation strip i4 is secured to the layer I5 by a line of stitches IS. The buttons 20 are secured by threads 2! to the curtain lining and these threads engage through the foundation strip I4. Thus, the areas where the threads 2| engage through the curtain lining are reinforced. This arrangement eliminates the undesirable feature of attempting to correctly place small rectangular pieces of material which ordinarily are no larger than the buttons themselves, while they are being sewn in position. Unless great care is taken these small reinforcement pieces are not in the correct position during the stitching of the buttons upon the lining.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

These layers are secured together stitches, the top line of said stitches passing through said foundation strip, stiffening strip, bent-over portion of saidwaistband, and said lining respectively, the bottom line of said stitches passing only through said foundation strip and said stifiening strip so that said foundation strip is always held in place relative to the said waistband and so that strains imparted through stitches for securing buttons to the said lining strip will not distort the waistband.

LOUIS FENICHEL.

HERMAN LIEB. 

